Secrets of a Recipe Tester : Behind Baked Occasions

Pure and Simple: Great cookbooks are made possible by great recipe testers (and a slew of other talented beings). For our latest cookbook, Baked Occasions, we were lucky to work with some of the hardest working butter/flour/chocolate/sugar addicts across the country. They tested many recipes, many multiple of times, and they were not timid (thank you…I…Read Article

Baked Monday Update: Tribeca, Recipes, Dolly, & How to Ice a Cake

Happy Monday! Let’s catch up… First, if you happen to live “up north”, you are experiencing your first blush of truly chilly temps for the season. This is a good thing. This is baking weather. So turn on your oven. Buy our new book. And start baking. By the by, if you don’t have our…Read Article

Baked to the Rescue: A Very Vanilla Celebration Cake

In my family we have a time-honored tradition: there has to be cake. However, when you make cake a part of your daily life, this ups the ante when there’s actually something to celebrate. No regular old cake will do. There must be layers. Frosting is mandatory, as is tasteful decoration. Of course, it…Read Article

Best Contest Ever : Bake a Cake for Dolly

I am going to get right to the point here. This contest, our #BakedForDolly contest, is quite simply the best contest. Ever. At least in our humble opinion. It is the ultimate combination of two of our favorite things: Cake and Dolly Parton. And all of you amazing bakers should enter, because there is a chance…Read Article

About The Baking Society

The National Baking Society is dedicated to preserving American baking standards,techniques, ingredients, ideas and recipes. In less extravagant ornate prose, The National Baking Society is a blog from the folks at Baked.